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花見帰りの美人
Women Returning from a Cherry-blossom Viewing Excursion
花見帰りの美人
Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Japanese
Edo period
early 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban diptych; 20.8 x 18.4 cm (8 3/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26687-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Rijksmuseum cat. IV, Hiroshige and the Utagawa School (1984), #244 (L only); Hillier, Vever cat. 3 (1976), #801 (L only)
DescriptionDiptych: 11.26687 (right), 11.26688 (left)
Signed
Keisai Eisen ga (on each sheet)
渓斎英泉画
渓斎英泉画
InscriptionsLeft sheet: Poem by Ryûôtei (Hananari)
Right sheet: Poems by Ryûkaen, Ryûôtei (Hananari)
Right sheet: Poems by Ryûkaen, Ryûôtei (Hananari)
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.